Having seen how Daniel's God was powerful Nebuchadnezzar proceeded to ignore anything he might have learnt. So he erected a vast image. The dimensions would have included the pedestal that the image was erected on, and it would not be solid gold. Nevertheless, it would be an impressive sight.
All his officials were summoned to the dedication of the image. It is a human trait to erect some sort of monument to ones won "greatness". This is done by leaders and on a much smaller scale by all sorts of people.
When the music was sounded everyone was to bow down to the golden idol. This applied to everyone, and anyone who disobeyed would be thrown into the fiery furnace. Now consider the stupidity of this. This was just an idol, just a chunk of wood, stone and gold, and whatever else it was made of. Why should everyone bow down to this inanimate thing? But when man forgets God his thinking becomes worthless (Rom 1:21).
Next notice how all peoples were ordered to bow down to the idol. We have here a picture of the the things that are spoken of in Revelation, insisting that everyone received the mark of the beast and worship the image of the beast (Rev 13:11-18).
Today in the West we increasingly see that people do not just have to tolerate homosexuality, but declare that it is good.
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